First season: 1924-25
Home arena: TD Garden

Stanley Cups won: 6
1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011
Stanley Cup Final appearances: 20

The Bruins got their monicker from businessman Charles Adams, who wanted to have his new hockey team to have a name equated with strength and power. Their original colors of brown and gold matched those of his Brookside Stores. Early on, brown became black, but the Bruins nickname stuck around.